New Cemetery Chapel, Llanfoist, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.818 / 51°49'4"N

Longitude: -3.0311 / 3°1'52"W

OS Eastings: 329019

OS Northings: 213765

OS Grid: SO290137

Mapcode National: GBR F5.WLRG

Mapcode Global: VH796.DKXP

Plus Code: 9C3RRX99+5G

Entry Name: New Cemetery Chapel

Listing Date: 15 March 1996

Last Amended: 15 March 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 17244

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Mortuary Chapel

ID on this website: 300017244

Location: Prominently sited at the top of the cemetery which is reached from a narrow lane immediately to south of Usk Bridge.

County: Monmouthshire

Community: Llanfoist Fawr (Llan-ffwyst Fawr)

Community: Llanfoist Fawr

Locality: Abergavenny

Built-Up Area: Llanfoist

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

The eastern end of New Cemetery was opened in 1894 and is landscaped in the style of a Victorian public park or garden. The chapel was built to designs of E A Johnson, architect of Abergavenny.

Exterior

Early English Gothic style chapel in local rubble with simple freestone dressings, slate roofs and gable parapets with crucifix finials. Composed of a nave with south porch and a stepped down chancel with polygonal east end and north vestry. At the south-east corner is a distinctive bell-tower which is octagonal and has a pyramidal roof; the belfry has deeply splayed lancet openings to each face and there is a staircase doorway to the east side. The chancel has cusped lancets and the vestry has a cylindrical chimney stack. The west end has a Geometric 3-light window. Interior not seen.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good example of a Victorian cemetery chapel in an important setting.
Group value with the Gates and Gate-piers at the main entrance and the Lychgate.

Abergavenny New Cemetery is included in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in Wales No PGW (Gt) 37.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Gates and Gate-piers at main entrance to New Cemetery
At the main drive entrance to the New Cemetery from the narrow lane immediately to south of Usk Bridge.
II Lychgate to New Cemetery
Pedestrian entrance to east of the main drive entrance; set into the stepped rubble boundary wall along the narrow lane immediately to south of Usk Bridge.
II* Usk Bridge (also known as Abergavenny Bridge)
Spanning the River Usk and the boundary between Abergavenny and Llanfoist Fawr communities.
II* Usk Bridge (aka Abergavenny Bridge) (Also in the community of Llanfoist Fawr)
Spanning the River Usk and the boundary between Abergavenny and Llanfoist Fawr communities.
II Telephone Call-box
Situated at the end of a lay-by to the north of Coopers Factory at the boundary of the Abergavenny Conservation Area.
II Waterloo House
Reached from Back Lane on the north side of Llanfoist village. Set in the slope with cobbled forecourt.
II The Westgate
At the junction with Merthyr Road and Union Road East at the top of the hill going down to Usk Bridge.
II Westgate Cottage
At the junction with Union Road at the top of the hill going down to Usk Bridge.

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New Cemetery Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfoist, Monmouthshire